Improvement in carpet-bags



NITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' IMPROVEMENT I N CARPET-BAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,902, dated February27, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT SONNEKALB and J oHN W. LIEB, ot' Newark, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Mode of Attaching or Fastening `the Cloth or Bag to the Framesof Traveling-Bags and Carpet-Sacks 5 and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is afnll, and exact description thereof, reference being hadto4 the accompanying drawings and the letters ot" reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, Wewill proceed to 'describe its construction and operation.

vWe construct our carpet-sack and travelingbag frames with equalbox-jaws, closing one Within the other, or in any other known form, andof any suitable metal or other material.

Near the inner edges of the jaws We fasten at suitable intervals hooksa, turned either down (a, Fig.`1) or up (et, Fig. 3) by means of rivets,screws, or other substantial fasteni ugs;

The edge ofthe cloth or bag We fold orturn over and stitch in the formof a hem, b, Fig. 4. Through this hein We run a rod, c, oi suitable sizeto lill the hem. le then place the hem containing the rod within thehooks a, Figs. 5 and 10, and then press the hooks down against the hemand rod so that the hooks will grasp them rmly, (,b, Figs. 6 and 11,)and thus substantially secure the cloth or bag to the frame or jaws.

Instead of detached hooks c, Fig. 1, a continuous hook extending thefull length of the sides of the frame may be used, or the inner edges ofthe jaws or frame, if of metal, may be bent into the proper hook forni(a, Fig..2) to receive the hem and rod of the cloth or bag. WVhere therods join at the angles of the frame e, Fig. 6, they may be lapped ormitered.

Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show the different chan ges the hook a undergoes whenmade from metal straps.

We consider our invention the cheapest and best mode of attaching thecloth to the frames of traveling-bags; and We accomplish the object ofour invention mostly by machinery.

That Which We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

The hooks a, the hem b, and the rod c, in combination, substantially forthe uses and purposes as above described.

ALBERT SONNEKALB. JOHN VJ. LIEB.

Witnesses:

GUsrAv SONNEKALB, GHAs. PoULALIoN.

